The Institute of Philippine Culture, School of Social Science welcomes proposals for the IPC Merit Research Awards. With funds provided by the Ford Foundation, the awards seek to advance research in the social sciences. Proponents are asked to present a written proposal with clearly stated research objectives, the proposed study's theoretical significance, and the research methods required.
Priority Research Areas
The program puts priority on five substantive thematic clusters:
1. Social justice, poverty, and well-being;
2. Civil society, social change, cultural- and spiritual- based values;
3. Asset building and social capital formation in community-based health, education, shelter, and natural resource management;
4. Cultures of work, conflict, and peace; and
5. The impact of globalization on people's everyday lives.
Within these thematic clusters, specific substantive areas would include:
a. Religious change and transformation;
b. Families, childhood, youth, and aging;
c. Culture, political leadership, and state power;
d. Critical analysis of citizenship and civil society;
e. Forms of governance;
f. Corporations and private authority;
g. Social dynamics of agriculture and the environment;
h. Articulations of the global-local nexus; and
i. The coexistence of "modernity" and "tradition".
Proposal guidelines
Research proposals should not exceed 2,500 words. The proposed project must be completed within 12 months. The maximum research award is P500,000.00.
The IPC Merit Research Awards are granted on a competitive basis.
The deadline for submission of research proposals this year is November 21, 2011.
To download the MRA Guidelines and Application form please visit the IPC website:
http://www.ipc-ateneo.org/node/19
For inquiries and more information, please e-mail Dr. Ma. Elizabeth J.
Macapagal, IPC Associate Director for Research (mmacapagal@ateneo.edu).
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